Travel Blogs from Tournon

After breakfast Dave and I opted for an optional excursion which took us on the Ardeche Steam Train. We enjoyed a scenic ride along the Ardeche Mountains. The train took us to places that tour busses could not. We saw spectacular views of waterfalls, gorges and deep valleys. There also was an aqueduct built to store and provide water for the region. The steam engine was amazing. I ...

During the night, we had heavy rain, with intervals of torrential rain. All in all quite a night, we had an early start today and were gone by 9am. The " which road to take decision " was easy today and as we had already decided that Dijon in the rain was not a good idea, we would press on towards Lyon and took the E15 toll road. To say the road was wet, would have been an under statement and the spray was horrendous. The inside lane was full of lorries ...

... Palace. Amazing pedestrian section and lots of boutique and tourists shops where we spent a couple of hours. Day 30: The seafood buffet (rather than a-la-carte) last night was as good as expected. Lobster Ragoulie, grilled King prawns, Oysters, scallops, whole cooked Salmon, smoked Salmon, grilled fish, and lots of other bits and pieces. Sadly the controlled portions of the a-la-carte dining was missing...but what ...

... pushed some debris eg logs into our propeller system which is being fixed today. Plus other boats were in our mooring. The smaller, older of these weren't compatible with our ship so we couldn't tie up along side and connect our gangway to walk through their ship. So we had to back up and re manoeuvre next to two other ships, making 3 abreast, so we could get to shore through these other two. Meant we had a later start to our days activities but ...

... Gretch, Aunt Melissa, Maggie, me, and Mathew all decided to hike to the top of one of the vineyards on the other side of the river! It was so great! Very steep, but amazing views of the town and river and neighboring vineyards!

Our ship pulled out and said for Lyon at 4pm. Mom, Dad, Gretch, Aunt Melissa, and I sat up on deck reading, drinking (they love Dunkel!) and chatting with our new friend ...